The Verma brothers -- Sourabh and Sameer -- notched up straight-game wins to advance to the quarter-finals of the men’s singles competition at the Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament
Saarbrucken (Germany): The Verma brothers — Sourabh and Sameer — notched up straight-game wins to advance to the quarter-finals of the men’s singles competition at the Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament here.
Sourabh staved off a challenge from Indonesia’s Ihsan Maulana Mustofa, seeded sixth, in the second game to register a 21-11, 22-20 victory, while 12th seed Sameer dumped Scotland’s Kieran Merrilees 21-17, 21-17 in another men’s singles match.
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